大学英语专业四级听力短篇练习：21

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　　A Qualified Pilot

　　The captain of a small ship had to go along a rocky coast, but he was

　　unfamiliar with it, so he tried to find a qualified pilot to guide him. He went

　　ashore in one of the small ports, and a local fisherman pretended that he was a

　　pilot because he needed some money. The captain took him on board and asked him

　　where to steer the ship.

　　After half an hour the captain began to suspect that the fisherman did not

　　really know what he was doing and where he was going.

　　"Are you sure you are a qualified pilot?" he asked.

　　"Oh, yes," answered the fisherman. "I know every rock on this part of the

　　coast."

　　Suddenly there was a terrible crash from under the ship. At once the

　　fisherman added, "And that’s one of them." (138 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　Qualified adj. 有资格的

　　qualify as a doctor取得医生资格

　　qualify for the vote有选举权

　　qualify to do sth.使有资格做某事

　　pilot n.飞行员，领航员，引水员

　　captain n.船长，机长，队长

　　ashore adv.向岸地，在岸上地

　　rocky adj.多岩石的

　　on board 到船上，在船上

　　suspect v.怀疑，对…有所觉察

　　suspect sb.of a crime怀疑某人犯罪

　　I suspected her motives.我怀疑她的动机。

　　crash n.碰撞，撞击声

　　Living Things React

　　You and all organisms live in an environment. An environment is made up of

　　everything that surrounds an organism. It can include the air, the water, the

　　soil, and even other organisms.

　　An organism responds to changes in its environment. When an organism responds

　　to a change, it reacts in certain ways. All living things respond in someway.

　　Have you ever noticed how plants and insects respond to light? Plants bend

　　toward light. Insects fly toward light.

　　Living things also respond in other ways. The leaves on some trees respond to

　　a change in season. In autumn, they change colors and then fall off the branches.

　　Animals also respond to a change in season. Squirrels save nuts for the winter.

　　Bears sleep through the winter in a cave.

　　You respond to your environment in many ways, too. You may shiver if you are

　　cold. What other ways do you respond to changes in your environment? (156 words)

　　Useful Words and Expressions:

　　react vi. 反应，起作用

　　react against oppression反抗压迫

　　react on each other相互起作用

　　Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person.恶人有恶报。

　　The eye reacts to light.眼睛对光有反应。

　　The audience reacted readily to his speech.观众对他的讲演立即起了反应。

　　organism n.生物体，有机体

　　respond v.作出反应

　　squirrel n.松鼠

　　nut n.坚果，难解的问题

　　a hard [tough] nut to crack棘手之事;难对付的人

　　a tough nut果断顽强的人;难对付的人，无赖汉

　　deaf nut注定失败的计划;毫无所得的投机

　　deaf nut发疯;大发雷霆

　　He who would eat the nut must fiDt crack the shell.不打碎果壳，就吃不到果仁;

　　不劳则无获。

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